What is tamari soy sauce? Different soy sauces explained

Ever wondered why there are so many different types of soy sauce? How is tamari really any different from the regular stuff? Here I'll taste test the 5 main different types to figure out what to do with them and how to pair them with your food. There are a few other subcategories, but there are 5 main ones!
If you're in Japan, you can order each level of soy sauce here (same brands as shown in video):
Shiro amzn.to/42B3FbQ
Usukuchi amzn.to/3pDrJMw
Koikuchi amzn.to/3BoEwF6
Saishikomi amzn.to/41ycfXd
Tamari isegura.thebase.in/items/3807...
Huge thanks to Kioke Shoyu for providing me with the soy sauces and information. They support the 26 soy sauce makers still using traditional wooden barrels in their process, which makes up only 1% of Japan's soy sauce market!
Kioke Shoyu information:
English website: kioke.jp/en4-brewers
Super useful information about soy sauce types(Japanese): www.s-shoyu.com/knowledge/0301
0:00 Intro
1:00 Shiro (white)
2:34 Usukuchi (light)
4:12 Koikuchi (dark)
5:53 Saishikomi (concentrated)
7:26 Tamari info (very dark)

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[@morenofranco9235]

Excellent presentation. Thanks, Cassandra

[@cassandra_lord]

Thank you! I hope the information was helpful

[@user-iw3pc9yx6z]

​@@cassandra_lordHi Cassandra, thanks for this informative video. In all these years, I realized that there is more than one kind of soy sauce today.
Please correct me if I am wrong - if someone is referring to light soy sauce, they are not referring to the diluted sauce, are they?

[@cassandra_lord]

@@user-iw3pc9yx6z I'm glad I could be of help! You're correct, light sauce is not diluted. The main difference between "regular" soy sauce and "light" soy sauce is simply that light soy sauce has not been fermented as long, so the flavors are not as strong.

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I was hoping to see you try the tamari soy sauce with ice cream!

[@cassandra_lord]

Oh no haha, maybe I'll make a Short to try it out!

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Your British brain could only smell soy sauce with bowls of it right in front of you. You’re a rocket scientist.